Ko Hsiang-ting (; 8 August 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Taiwanese actor. Born in

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trad ...

, China on 8 August 1916, Ko became a member of the

National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; ), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army () before 1928, and as National Army () after 1928, was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947 in China ...

corp of entertainers. He moved to Taiwan after the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on main ...

, and started an acting career that spanned over one hundred credits. He was awarded the

Golden Horse Award for Best Actor The Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor () is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards. Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai has won the most Best Leading Actor awards with 3 times. He won the award in the 31st, 40th and 41st awards ceremony w ...

in 1965 and again in 1970. Eight years later, Ko founded the Actor’s Union of the Republic of China. In 2005, he was honored with the Golden Horse Award Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in Taipei on 16 May 2010, aged 93.

Selected filmography

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Beautiful Duckling ''Beautiful Duckling'' is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing. It tells the story of a duck man Lin Tsai-tien ( Ko Hsiang-ting) and his adopted daughter Hsiao-yue. Hsiao-yue ( Tang Pao-yun) knows nothing about her real descent, which Lin ha ...

'' (1965) *'' Orchids and My Love'' (1966) *'' Tiao Chan'' (1967) *'' The Ammunition Hunters'' (1971) *''

Execution in Autumn ''Execution in Autumn'' () is a 1972 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsing Lee. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Lib ...

'' (1972) *''

The Story of a Small Town ''The Story of a Small Town'' (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (). The film revolves around a family living in a small town. Kenny Bee plays the male family member who is released from prison and ...

'' (1979) *'' If I Were for Real'' (1981) *''

Temptress Moon ''Temptress Moon'' is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Chen Kaige. It was jointly produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and the Taipei-based Tomson Films. The film saw Chen reuniting with Leslie Cheung and Gong Li who had previously worked with him ...

'' (1996) *'' The Opium War'' (1997)

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* * 1916 births 2010 deaths Taiwanese people from Jiangsu Chinese Civil War refugees Male actors from Suzhou 20th-century Chinese male actors 20th-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese male film actors Male actors from Taipei {{Taiwan-actor-stub